- Reference: 2001/0211-1
- Question by: Darren Johnson
- Meeting date: 10 October 2001
The proposed River crossings and a number of the sites they seek to open up are in areas at risk from flooding, according to Environment Agency data. Can the chair confirm that the Environment Agency has advised against development along much of the Thames Gateway because of the flood risk? Can the chair publish the advice the LDA has received from the Environment Agency on the flood risk in the Thames Gateway? In particular what will the LDA be doing to ensure that businesses and industry setting up on LDA land or with LDA finance are not prone to flooding...